Sunday, May 26th
Arriving at port for La Coruna
Used for Spanish radio now
Logs being exported as there are huge forests in northern Spain.
One of the gates to the walled city of Lugo. It is the only completely walled city left over from the Roman times (2000 years ago).
This is one of the original gates to the city.
Another original gate
One of several plazas
What is left of an ancient watch tower
I'm thinking they need a new roof
St Mary's Cathedral
Our guide
Church of the Francisian Monks
Statue of eagle commensurating Roman past
I came back here later for a coffee.
City Hall
Back at pastry shop for my coffee
Lunch with our friends from ship.
Our friends on left side of table. Lot of wine and food!
Car show as we left the old city
Back at port in La Coruna
Fishing fleet
View from our balcony of the marina
Yellow building used for Spanish radio
As we the port this was ancient fortress protecting the harbor
Here we are in La Coruna
La Coruna has a population of 90,000 and is a fishing, industrial, and tourist town. Rebecca decided to say on the ship today so I went on the 7 hour tour to the walled village of Lugo. It was just over an hour's drive away and on the north coast of Spain also. Lugo is know for the 1.5 mile wall around the city. The wall was built 2000 years ago by the Romans. Some additional gates have been added and some restoration had been done but it is still very authentic. The walls are from 33 to 49 feet high and had 71 watch towers. The watch towers are gone now due to the age. There was a lunch included in the tour at a local restaurant near the walled city. There were 20 of us in the bus on this tour so had a long table. There were several tapas brought out "family style" then an "asada" or barbeque with different meats and papa fritas (french fries). Papa fritas here and in Argentina are sooooooooooooo good. We also had as much white and red wines as we wanted. All-in-all it was a very nice day.
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